[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Conference 2014 location decision

[Patricio Molina]

Excellent news! A huge thanks to the Location Committee and congratulations
to the entire Berlin team!

– Patricio


On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Bence Damokos <bdamokos at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Following considerable deliberation it is with great pleasure that we
> announce that the Location Committee has selected Berlin as the location
> for the 2014 Wikimedia Conference.
>
> We received a total of four bids from Germany, India, Italy and Sweden. In
> selecting the Berlin location we have taken into consideration the
> experience and capacity of the team; the travel time and cost for
> attendees; the cost of hosting the conference; and the facilities and room
> configuration of the proposed venues.
>
> Throughout our deliberations we kept an open mind towards having the
> conference in a new location/country, and we have appreciated the compact
> solutions offered by having all participants close to each other or staying
> at the same lodging; however, we felt that the Berlin bid provides – by a
> small margin – the best combination of price, distance and experience this
> year.
>
> We thank all the organisations that have entered a bid for their time and
> effort and we hope that even if they were not selected this year, they can
> make use of the experience when they organise other meetings that will
> further the Wikimedia mission.
>
> In closing, we would like to thank all Wikimedia organisations for placing
> their trust in this process and committee, which was an interesting
> experience for all of us. In the hope that the Wikimedia organisations keep
> the hosting choice an open process, we would like to propose a number of
> potential process improvements[1], and we would invite all the bidders and
> other interested parties to provide their own feedback.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Asaf Bartov, Bence Damokos, Arnau Duran, Itzik Edri, Mike Peel, Osmar
> Valdebenito, Ilario Valdelli
> Wikimedia Conference 2014 Location Committee
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Conference_2014/Bids/Learnings
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